Improvement in fences



PATENT FFICE.

" nLIAs HoLLrNenn, or NEWv aniram-INDIANA.

-IMeaoVinviiNi-i IN FENCES.

-Specification forming part oi Letters Patent No. 46,7949, dated March 14, 1865.

To all 'whom -itmay concern.-

Be it known that I, ELIAS ROLLING-ER, of

i New Haven, in the county of Allenand State ot' Indiana, have invented a new and Improved Fence; and I do 'hereby declare that the fol lowing is a full, clear, and exact descriptionv thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the saine, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of tliisspeciiication, in which- Figures 1, 2, and 3 are side views of panels of my improved fence; Fig. 4, a transverse vertical section of Fig. 2, taken nt-he'line a:

; Fig-5, a plan or top view-of Fig. 2 5 Fig. '6, a' plan or top view showing the manner of connecting cornerpanels;. Fig. 7,*a plan or top view'of Fig. 1; Fig. 8, a detached side view of one of the endbraces of a panel; Fig. 9. a detached view of a'brace-link; Fig. l0, a transversevertieal section of Fig.' 3, .taken in the line y y Fig. 11, a top View of Fig. 3.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts. L

This invention relates to anew and impro-ved fence of that classwhich are capable of being Vreadily put up and taken down, andare commonly termed portable fences.

r[he invention consists in a novel manner of bracing the panels and connecting the-same together, as hereinafter fully shownand de'- scribed, whereby the fence may be firmly supported in position, readily put up'and taken down, and constructed at a. small cost. Y

The panels of the fence may be constructed of upright battens a, having'rails or slats b, Anailed horizontally to them at suitable distances apart. (See Figs. 1, 2, and 3.). G'he l panels, in' themselves considered, possess no novelty, and therefore do description.

not require a special The 'end battens, a, ot'- adjoining panels are at opposite sides ofthe rails or -slats b, and the'ends ofthe latter extend to about half the A width of the battens, so that the ends of the the rails or slats of adjoiningpanelsmay abut against each other and a batten a be at each side ofthe abutting ends of the rails or slats.

(See Fig. 11, in which a portion of one panel is shown in red adjusted to an adjoining panel,

against each batteri.

which' is in black.) The-end batteris, a, have each a slot, e, made in them, and the slots of every two opposite battens, when the panels areadjustedtogether, come in line with each other, and a link, A, passes through them, said link also passing of the inclined braces B B, which abut one The upper ends of the bracesB are cut in bevel form, so thatthey will tit snugly against the battens, andthey areA firmly secured in position by wedges (d, which are fitted in t-he ends'of the link. The lower ends of the'braces are rmly secured to the ground by pins. Besides these braces and links which connect the ends of the panels together, there are employed central braces, B", (shown in Fig. 4,) which are designed to secure *the panels at their centers and serve as braces only, the link A of the braces B pass: ing through a siot, 'cg-in the centralbatten, a, and through a short hatten, a', on the side of the panel opposite to that where the long central-hatten is secured. (See Figs. 3 and 4.) The central braces, B', are secured to the earth by pins e in the same way as the braces B,

Wedges d' being employed.

By this simple means I am enabled to sccure the* fen-ce iirinlyin position, and also cong neet the panels together, and put up a fence and'take one down with the greatest facility.

The corner-panels of a fence I connecttogether by means ot' a staple, C, which is driven into the outer side or edge of the end hatten, a, of one panel and passes througha slot, f, in the batteri of the adjoining panel, (see Figs. and 7,).a wedge, ctx, being driven through the stapleto keep the ends of thc two cornerpanels in contact.-

I claim as new und desire tosecurc by Letters Patent- The braces 'B and B,applied singly to them ends and centers of the panels, and secured by means of links A A', battens a a', slots c, c', keys d el', and

pins e e', all arranged as herein specified.

. V j ELIAS HOLLINGER.

l Witnesses:

Socnk'rns BAwN, O. D. Roenes.

through the upper ends 

